Troopers nab men with 37 pounds of pot, OSP says

by KBOI Web Staff

ONTARIO, Ore., (KBOI) - Two Missouri men were busted last week with nearly 37 pounds of marijuana inside their vehicle, Oregon State Police says.

OSP says a trooper stopped a Mercedes Benz vehicle in Ontario July 11 for a traffic violation. The two suspects, Nethanial Neal, 20, and Robert Gonzales Jr., of Seligman, Missouri, were hiding two duffel bags in the car's trunk, OSP says. The pot is worth about $92,000.

Both men were arrested and lodged in the Malheur County Jail for unlawful possession and distribution of a controlled substance - marijuana.